Wishfull.shrinking

Thank you so much!

Not to much. I spend an hour 3 times a week and not at all at the time of the month. But I am constantly running around with different errands and keeping the kids active.

Halfway there! Surgery May 26th 2015

Chew food at 11 days? I can not imagine how you are handling that. Well actually it sounds like not well. My advice is call your team and make sure you are understanding your plan correctly. Until you get a response from them go back to just liquids.

Checking in.. I started the process at 248 and by the day of surgery I was 226, home from hospital at 230. Today I am 193 lbs!! I could not be more thrilled. I am tolerating everything but bread. That feels like play dough but it's okay. I shouldn't be eating it at 2.5 months out anyway. I was given clearance from my team to progress to regular food at 7 weeks because I was doing so well. I am continuing to do well and rocking it at the gym. Here is a picture I made when I hit Onederland. I hope everyone else is doing well!!

Sorry for the delay in response. I did not see any more comments until now when I went to check back in. Odd. But I did not have an endo so I cannot comment on that. Hopefully U have an answer by now

Body fortress is actually being sued for padding their Protein numbers. So I wouldn't use them at all. https://blog.priceplow.com/supplement-news/body-fortress-lawsuit I went by what was on my surgeons list of acceptable protein and chose Premier Protein. It has 30g for 160 calories, 5 carbs and only 1 sugar. I get them in bulk at costco.

I could have written this word for word soon after my surgery! Glad to know I'm not alone. My pain lasted 2 weeks but I had lingering soreness when going to stand or sit for another 2 weeks. Now at almost 7 weeks it's just a memory. 100% back to normal!

At 3 days out I definitely was not hungry. I didn't even have head hunger. I was still in pain and not interested in anything at all. I am one who had to force water and protein. Now a little over a month out and I am just now starting to feel empty and only really after the gym. But I will say that if I am late on my PPI then I can have a sensation that could be mistaken for hunger. Are U taking a PPI? If so I would then I would think you are thirsty and head hunger.

I cut everything out of my diet, soda, carbs, sugar and then because I was maintaining, I ate healthy foods in my calorie range. It was hard but I learned what added to water weight and how to cut back at TTOTM if I had to be weighed in.

May 26th was my surgery date also! Highest weight 248 Starting weight 240 Pre op diet start 235 Day of surgery 226. Current weight 215 It feels slow but I'm losing so....

It's very hard. I had a similar situation. My practice drops anyone who gains even a pound out of the surgical side and back down to the weight management sector of the program. That means starting all over. But with me (at the time) not having any comorbitities (I was later diagnosed with sleep apnea the last 3 months of my 9 month program) I could NOT LOSE even a pound either or I wouldn't qualify via insurance. So for 6 months I had to stay at exactly the same weight. It was a nightmare. But I did it. And you will too! Today I am a day shy of 3 weeks post op. good luck! U got this!

I don't think it's shingles if you don't have any blisters on the rash? It looks a lot like my eczema. I'm sorry you're going through this. I know how much rashes suck all too well.

I have no experience in blood pressure medicine so I don't know what crushing it will do. If your asking that. But I THINK your asking size correct? If so, I had my surgery on May 26th. I take 2 colace pills and a PPI for acid every day. These are all the size of about a regular strength Tylenol. I have no problem with feeling them stuck or anything. Hope that helps.

So surgery all done and I'm in my room. More painful than I thought it was going to be. On morphine and still very achy. Also nauseous so on some meds for that. But I'm trucking through and have already done 3 laps around my wing. How is everyone else?